Best cover versions?

Muttly1981
Muttly1981 Posts: 815
edited August 2011 in The Crudcatcher
Just watching a few covers on youtube and came across Electric 6's version of Radio GaGa, the video says it's number 11 in the worst 20 covers. I couldn't disagree more i think it's fantastic and was great live when they played Donnington years ago

http://youtu.be/kdcRtoc0lQU

Another cracker is The Saw Doctors version of The Sugerbabes - About you now

http://youtu.be/qfksv0cUY30
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  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    Best cover ever (IMO).

    Just dont have this playing on your MP3 player whilst riding...It'll make you go nuts! :twisted: :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWCjLgF9uds
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Janis Joplin's version of Summertime.
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  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    metallica, whiskey in the jar:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqonxOArwM
  • Muttly1981
    Muttly1981 Posts: 815
    Fenred wrote:
    Best cover ever (IMO).

    Just dont have this playing on your MP3 player whilst riding...It'll make you go nuts! :twisted: :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWCjLgF9uds

    Good call and your sugestion means i'm watching stunning *unts tonight with the guitar plugged in :D:D:D
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  • Fenred
    Fenred Posts: 428
    Muttly1981 wrote:
    Fenred wrote:
    Best cover ever (IMO).

    Just dont have this playing on your MP3 player whilst riding...It'll make you go nuts! :twisted: :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWCjLgF9uds

    Good call and your sugestion means i'm watching stunning *unts tonight with the guitar plugged in :D:D:D

    Enjoy, t'is a great gig!....Your neighbours will also thank you for it in the morning! 8)
  • supersonic
    supersonic Posts: 82,708
    Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Sun:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mj8xrrcxYQ

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t40INnb6DnY

    Though not really a cover.
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  • Muttly1981
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    supersonic wrote:
    Frijid Pink - House of the Rising Sun:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mj8xrrcxYQ

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t40INnb6DnY

    Though not really a cover.

    I have two copys of this on vinyl as my dad loved this version, it turns out it's worth a few quid aswell as it's pretty rare
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  • Muttly1981
    Muttly1981 Posts: 815
    Fenred wrote:
    Muttly1981 wrote:
    Fenred wrote:
    Best cover ever (IMO).

    Just dont have this playing on your MP3 player whilst riding...It'll make you go nuts! :twisted: :lol:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWCjLgF9uds

    Good call and your sugestion means i'm watching stunning *unts tonight with the guitar plugged in :D:D:D

    Enjoy, t'is a great gig!....Your neighbours will also thank you for it in the morning! 8)

    My neighbour is awesome when he moved in i told him that i play guitar and if it was too loud don't worry about coming over and asking for me to turn it down, his reply was "don't worry, youve lived here longer than me. Plus i'm always pissed so ill probably be dancing" :D My other neighbours aren't grat though and usd to kick off all the time about me playing my drum kit during the day :(
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  • montevideoguy
    montevideoguy Posts: 2,271
    Some good ones mentioned already.

    I'll throw out

    "Metal" by Nine Inch Nails (originally Gary Numan)

    "Personal Jesus" by Johnny Cash (originally Depeche Mode

    "My Way" by Sid Vicious (originally Frank Sinatra)
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  • a.palmer
    a.palmer Posts: 504
    Jack Johnson covering Badfish by Sublime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSt6hAkEzyE

    Also Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies Covering Wild World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu0HTIuihy8
  • Muttly1981
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    A.Palmer wrote:
    Jack Johnson covering Badfish by Sublime http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSt6hAkEzyE

    Also Me First And The Gimmie Gimmies Covering Wild World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu0HTIuihy8

    Saw me first and the gimmie gimmies last year in Liverpool and they are just fantastic but i'd say the best song of the night was I'm sailing away - styx

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  • Raymondavalon
    Raymondavalon Posts: 5,346
    Quite a few on my list:

    Easy All Stars, Dub Side of the Moon
    The Damned, Eloise
    The Ataris, Boys of Summer
    The Cult, Born to be wild
    Santana, Black Magic Woman
    The Bouncer
    The Shaker
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    Hayseed dixies version of Bohemian Rhapsody

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAWl5peI ... ata_player
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  • Cferg
    Cferg Posts: 347
    Johnny Cash - Hurts.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    welshkev wrote:
    metallica, whiskey in the jar:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqonxOArwM
    + potato potatoes.
    :D
  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    I also like same differences version of nothings gonna stop us now, mainly on mute with the brother editted out and my face editted in.
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  • Muttly1981
    Muttly1981 Posts: 815
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    welshkev wrote:
    metallica, whiskey in the jar:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkqonxOArwM
    + potato potatoes.
    :D

    Garage Inc is a great album songs like Loverman and Tuesdays gone are amazing covers
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  • Pudseyp
    Pudseyp Posts: 3,514
    Personally I really like cotton..it's nice and soft and cool in the summer.
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  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    Anything off Paul Anka's 'Rock Swings' album, particularly Wonderwall (Oasis), The Way You Make Me Feel (Michael Jackson), Eye of the Tiger (Survivor), Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) and It's my Life (Bon Jovi).

    Spiderbait - Black Betty (Ram Jam)
    Celdweller - Tragedy (Bee Gees, Steps :oops: )
    New Found Glory - Kiss Me (Sixpence Non The Richer)
    A Day To Remember - Since U Been Gone (Kelly Clarkson)
    Fall Out Boy - Beat It (MJ)
    Joey Ramone - What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong, I think)
    Taken By Trees - Sweet Child O'Mine (If you don't know....)
    Sound Tree - My Favourite Things (Sound of Music) its the one off the Skoda Fabia VRS ad. If anyone knows where I can get a copy, they'd be a friend for life!!!
    Sugababes - I Bet You Look Good On The Dance Floor (Arctic Monkeys)
    Reel Big Fish - Take On Me (A'HA)
    Limp Bizkit - Faith (George MIchael)
    Bowling For Soup - Summer Of '69 (The Groover from Vancouver)
    Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal (MJ Again)
    Arctic Monkeys - Love Machine (Girls Aloud) less of a cover, more some pissed up lads with strong South Yorkshire accents having a crack at Karaoke.....
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Ooh, another good cover, the only track I ever really liked from Marilyn Manson...
    Sweet Dreams are made of this.
  • chiefinspector
    chiefinspector Posts: 153
    Roxy Music's version of John Lennon's Jealous Guy has to be one of the best covers ever done.
  • tom_howard
    tom_howard Posts: 789
    yeehaamcgee wrote:
    Ooh, another good cover, the only track I ever really liked from Marilyn Manson...
    Sweet Dreams are made of this.

    +1
    Tainted Love was pretty awesome too
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  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    that verison of radio gaga is exceptional, i think its a really well done and very respetful version of it! (videos a bit fruity though)

    in an entertaining more than brilliant way, i love this by elbow

    independent women

    obviously whiskey in the obvious is superb and i thought the personal jesus cover is absolutely tops.

    but this is a bril cover of a track i would normally consider too fruity for my ears

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  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    oh and surely this is a cover version (of their own track admitedly!)

    best live song since "because we want to"

    and 3.03 is probably the best moment in music (hmm, there might be a thread in there!)
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    Obviously the muse of good music is on holiday on the CC, so here's some proper music

    BMX Bandits- Summer feeling

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-F9Ov57CiE

    The Fall (voted best band in the world in my own brain)- Victoria

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4VdcMXVO_g

    The Fall - A day in the life(by the worst band in the world)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_-8B5P0MR0

    Wedding Present - Come up and see me

    and this for funsters. gus and fin-blitzkrieg bop

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNFpOh2seqo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yLSEerKqqE
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  • Gazlar
    Gazlar Posts: 8,083
    sheepsteeth wrote:
    in an entertaining more than brilliant way, i love this by elbow

    independent women

    I love that version, I especially like the Joel Veitch version on rathergood with the dancing northern cats

    I think the best way to cover something is to inject a humerous element into it,
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  • Muttly1981
    Muttly1981 Posts: 815
    OH i take it all back as this could be the greatest cover version ever

    http://youtu.be/XkMWdI2IKiw
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  • sheepsteeth
    sheepsteeth Posts: 17,418
    Muttly1981 wrote:
    OH i take it all back as this could be the greatest cover version ever

    http://youtu.be/XkMWdI2IKiw

    haha, the final cowtown!!
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  • Northwind
    Northwind Posts: 14,675
    I just like that Pendulum's drummer turned out to be miles better at drumming Master of Puppets than Lars is.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5FgKf3-D4U&feature=related

    I mainly like slightly ridiculous cover versions...
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBviQXfuu3c
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  • Tim.s
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